Hallucinating Man Medevaced from US Navy Ship
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(File photo: William Jamieson / U.S. Navy)
A man reportedly suffering from hallucinations was medevaced from a U.S. Navy supply vessel off the West Florida coast on Friday, the U.S. Coast Guard said.
Watchstanders with Coast Guard Sector Mobile received a report around 3 a.m. Friday from the Navy offshore supply ship NAWC-38 stating a 33-year-old male on board was reportedly having hallucinations and needed further medical care, approximately 200 miles west of Tampa Bay, Fla.
The Coast Guard Cutter Dauntless crew was diverted to assist, and a cutter small boat crew transferred the man from the Navy ship to the cutter.